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If you are a member of Riders M.C. Boston, you can request a copy of the Riders History Explorer CD, which contains club newsletters, photos, membership lists, and more - covering 1984-present.
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Miscellaneous Information |
Each year Riders holds two mileage contests, and the winners are announced at our Holiday Party and Elections. Please read the Official Rules for more information.
club logo T-shirts are available for purchase by members; please call, email, or telephone our club President for more information.
Other official Club logo gear may be available soon, from CafePress.
Coming Soon!: The club bylaws will be posted in this section.
The club owns Chatterbox radio headsets, and makes them available for use on runs.
Riders' Chatterbox User Manual
Safety Manual |
Our safety manual was designed to cover, in depth, the principles of safe riding that Riders M.C. uses.
We are going to assume that all members:
- Have a valid RMV motorcycle license or permit
- Have a registered, insured and inspected motorcycle and
- Can safely control their own motorcycle, including:
- staying within the left or right half of a normal travel lane
- maintaining a constant following distance (2-second rule) without falling back or "slingshotting"
- starting without stalling
- starting uphill without rolling backward
- "slow riding" without weaving or wobbling
- stopping quickly using both brakes without skidding
Members must own all safety equipment as required by law, as well as foul weather gear-we ride in all types of weather!
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We strongly suggest members enroll in a RiderCourse. You can also find extensive training materials from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) and other sources.
- Go on to our Safety Manual page.
- Already a seasoned member, and ready to plan a run? Take a look at our Run Planning page.
Ten Commandments Of GROUP Riding |
- Arrive at a group ride ready to ride. This means with a full tank of gas, appropriate clothing for the weather, well-rested and fed, and a bike in safe operating condition. Riding is no fun if you are too hot or too cold, and your friends would rather ride than wrench on your bike or get gas for you.
- Make sure everyone is aware of the proposed route and extended stops (such as lunch, fuel, and sightseeing stops). It is always a good idea to prepare a map of the route with these stops indicated.
- The ride is self-paced, ride at a speed you feel comfortable with. No one should feel pressure to keep up with anyone else. In particular, no one will object to you riding as slowly as you wish. It is natural for people to feel they need to keep up with the rider ahead, however, riding outside their limits is the main reason riders get hurt! It is not the point of this ride to have someone get hurt.
- Ride in a staggered formation, with a minimum of two seconds between you and the rider directly in front of you. This allows you to use the entire lane to ride in and gives you an extra margin of safety.
- Ride your ride, not the rider's in front of you. Make sure you keep looking down the road and through the corners, not at the bike ahead of you. Set your own pace and choose your own lines through the corners.
- A group of motorcycles is not considered a "single vehicle!". Be courteous and allow cars to enter/exit a highway or change lanes. Make sure you let the riders behind you know what is going on (this also applies to other hazards, as well).
- At least one of the riders ahead of you (if any) will wait at every point where you might make a wrong turn.
- Similarly, you are expected to wait at intersections and other decision points until the person behind you (if any) shows up.
- Plan brief stops throughout the ride to let everyone regroup, make sure everyone is present, check gas supplies, and to allow for rests.
- If you decide to split off from the ride, make a reasonable attempt to alert the entire group to your departure; if regrouping does not happen soon enough for you, you must let at least one other person know you are leaving.
